This week marks The Cannabis Reporter Radio Show’s 2nd Anniversary of broadcasting on terrestrial radio. The award-winning podcast is the first all-cannabis talk show to achieve nationwide network syndication.

A bill that would allow medical marijuana as a substitute for opioids in short-term scenarios cleared another hurdle this week in the New York State Senate. On Thursday, two New York senators announced they had introduced a bill that would allow the use of medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids in certain instances. New…

A new report predicts that the cannabis industry can expect to see its massive growth continue over the next few years, culminating with the industry tripling in size by 2022. The sixth edition of Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics’ “The State of Legal Marijuana Markets” report was published today. The report has historically been…

Back in February, CJ Harris was good enough at football to play at an elite college. Harris didn’t get a scholarship to Auburn University, but after receiving word that he’d be welcome to campus as a “preferred walk-on,” he was near-guaranteed a spot on the team — and, possibly, the opportunity to play for a…

Things are moving fast in the international pharmaceutical industry’s push to turn the chemicals behind the remarkable properties of the cannabis plant into trademarked products. Unsurprisingly, a special emphasis is on cannabidiol, or CBD—a compound with wide-ranging medical potentials still being uncovered. This May alone, several patents and intellectual property agreements were sought or secured…

If anyone (read Auslanders) had any illusions that the German take on medical cannabis was going to be casual or unscientific if not painstakingly documented, think again. Techniker Krankenkasse (or TK as it is referred to by the locals) is one of Germany’s largest public health insurance companies. In other words, it is a private…